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Want to stay on the right side of the law? We support businesses and public authorities and help them to promote good practice.
 
 

Equality at work

Staying within the law:
 

Blog articles and podcasts for employers and service providers

Making Equality Work

Equality at work - staying within the law


Blog articles, advice notes and podcasts for employers and service providers.
 

Learning the lessons


'Learning the Lessons' - blog for employers and service providers

 


See all Learning the Lessons articles



COVID-19 relates advice notes

Covid-19 and education

 


See all of our Covid-19 advice notes




View from the Chair'View from the Chair' articles

 


See all of our View from the Chair articles

2019 blog articles

Recent blog articles

 

by Paul Oakes, Manager of the Advisory Services Team (Dec 2019)
 

by Anne McKernan, Head of Legal Services (Nov 2019)
 

by Anne McKernan, Head of Legal Services (Aug 2019)
 

by Paul Oakes, Manager of the Advisory Services Team (June 2019)
 

by Jacqui McKee, Director of Advice and Compliance Division (May 2019)
 

by Frank Fleming, Advisory Services Team - Private Sector, Advice and Compliance Division (May 2019)
 

by Paul Oakes, Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (Apr 2019)
 

by Dr Michael Wardlow, Chief Commissioner, Equality Commission NI (Mar 2019)
 

by Frank Fleming, Advisory Services Team - Private Sector, Advice and Compliance Division (Mar 2019)
 

by Paul Oakes, Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (Feb 2019)
 

by Paul Oakes, Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (Jan 2019)

 

2018 blog articles

by Frank Fleming, Advisory Services Team - Private Sector, Advice and Compliance Division (Oct 2018)
 

by Frank Fleming, Advisory Services Team - Private Sector, Advice and Compliance Division (Sept 2018)
 

by Paul Oakes, Manager of the Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (Sept 2018)
 

by David Shutts, OBE, founder of health charity ASTRiiD - employees affected by cancer (Feb 2018)

 

2017 blog articles

by Roisin Kelly from the Equality Commission's Advisory Services Team (Dec 2017)
 

by Paul Oakes, Manager of the Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (Nov 2017)
 

by Anne McKernan, Head of Legal Services at the Equality Commission NI (Nov 2017)
 

by Paul Oakes, Manager of the Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (July 2017)
 

by Una Wilson, Advisory Services Team, Advice and Compliance Division (July 2017)
 

by Jacqui McKee, Director of Advice and Compliance Division (May 2017)
 

by Eileen Lavery, Head of Policy (May 2017)

 

by Eileen Lavery, Head of Policy (April 2017)

 

by Dr Evelyn Collins CBE, Chief Executive (Mar 2017) IOD Magazine

 

by Dr Evelyn Collins CBE, Chief Executive (Jan 2017) IOD Magazine

 
 

 

Newsletter/ezine
Many of these articles and podcasts have featured in the Equality Commission's newsletter for employers and service providers. If you would like to subscribe, please add your email address below (see ECNI Newsletter at the bottom of this page) and choose the option 'Employers/Service providers', or email
ezine@equalityni.org
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Videos
View some examples of how other organisations have made equality work for them.

Pregnancy and maternity at work

Guidance for employers: www.equalityni.org/PregnancyMaternity
Pregnancy/Maternity rights at work: www.equalityni.org/PregnancyMaternityRights
 

 

Providing accessible services for customer with disabilities

Every Customer Counts: promoting accessible services
Further information about the Commission's 'Every Customer Counts' initiative is available online:
 www.equalityni.org/EveryCustomerCounts

See how local companies have made their services accessible, meeting the needs of their disabled customers and boosting their business.
 

 

Disability Etiquette - getting customer service right

Good customer service and a common sense approach can often make all the difference for your disabled customers. Read more about Getting Customer Service Right 

The videos below provide tips on etiquette when serving people with a range of disabilities.


 
 

Public Authorities - statutory duties

Further information on these topics is available on the Public Authorities section of our website: www.equalityni.org/PublicAuthorities
 

 

Podcasts - advice for employers

Audio Podcasts

 
  • Managing bullying and harassment at work - YouTube (audio) or download MP3 file (13.3mb)
 
  • The reasonable steps defence - YouTube (audio) or download MP3 file (7.3mb)
   
  • Equality laws relating to employment in NI - YouTube (audio) or download MP3 file (6.1mb)
   
  • Equality Commission's advisory services for employers and service providers - YouTube (audio) or download MP3 file (5.1mb)
 

STEM podcasts

STEM Podcasts

We are producing a series of audio podcasts aimed at encouraging girls and young women top consider studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and taking up STEM careers.





 
 

 
Equality at work
 

The Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has a 'view from the chair' article published every month in the business section of The News Letter newspaper. These articles cover a range of equality related issues within a business context. 

2023 articles

 

2022 articles

 

2021 articles

 

2020 articles

 

2019 articles

 

2018 articles

 

2017 articles

 

2016 articles

 

2015 articles

 
 

 
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Equality at work
 

ETP logoWith our employer training programme currently suspended due to the ongoing pandemic, we are now providing a number of training sessions as online webinars. These will focus on a number of important equality issues for employers and will expand to cover additional topics over the coming months.



Equality training topics will include:
 

  • Introduction to understanding equality in the workplace
  • Recruiting fairly
  • Flexible working
  • Managing prejudice and harassment at work - promoting an inclusive workplace
  • Promoting employment for disabled people
  • The disability reasonable adjustment duty in the recruitment and selection process
  • Managing diabled employees with mental ill health - The DDA
  • Promoting sex equality in the workplace
  • Flexible working and work-life balance
  • How to complete an Article 55 Review


 


If you have any questions about the training, email training@equalityni.org or Tel: 028 90 500 650.

 



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